Life vs Ghost Trappers (FB)

Many of us refuse to dwell on chances. We hate playing with probability, unless it is the 90% to 100% rate that we are talking about. Of course, nothing much in life falls within that sanctuary.

Nevertheless, we still try to take our chances. Even if we know there is going to be a risk of failure, we charge on. All the time, we did not realize it until we hit the wall of fiasco/failure.

That is true. However, this is true too: we know we are betting or risking something in our life in every decision we make. But we try to make our chances of winning high. There is no definite answers or one-best-choice when it comes to decision making. Life is just not meant to be an MCQ paper. It has opinion-based, open-ended questions galore. If you think your answer is right, then live on with it, along with the consequences that come in a package.

So why compare our all-too-many-decisions-to-make-and-dunno-which-to-choose life to Ghost Trappers (GT)?

Go become an agent/player of GT and find out [here] for more vivid experience.

GT is all about taking chances and enhancing the variables that affects the final outcome in order to get a high probability of success. Choosing the right whisky, investing in the approprate trapping mechanism and magic circle, sealing the right contract and bringing along the most suitable and adorable companion are among the decisions to make in order to catch ghosts all the time.

GT is not a game where the player directly interacts with other players. Cooperation does exists between players but it is not played against each other (except for friendly challenges). In other words, GT is a game between you, the player, and the odds/probability of catching ghosts. You have to deal with losses, misses and dilemmas while waiting for success. It is a game between you and chances. But it is not all that random: you can enhance your chances of winning by making the right choices. That, is life. Fate and chances might control our lives, I do not agree or disagree that. But what I know is - if you do not try to make the decisions yourself in order to raise the bar of probability to a satisfactory par, but instead, leaving it to the laps of God or fate itself, then you are not living your own life, much less to the fullest.

GT reveals many desires of humans. One of them is to win, by challenging yourself to take risk and chances.

Oh, by the way, even if you have the best set up for GT, you still suffer losses. The right choice sometimes also has flaws. Nothing is infallible. Yeah, that's life.

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Ramble

It was the first Mid-Autumn celebration with my family for 3 years. Yes, 3 solid years. This year, we hung more lanterns than the past and I am not exaggerating, more than 50 lanterns were dangling on tree branches of my house. What a beautiful sight to behold. Neighbours who brought their kid for a lantern-lit stroll gasped and admired at our starlit garden. For those who had seen my house, they should know it is a rainforest - trees galores and bespangled with myriads of flowers. When I came back home, I realized more plant species had been added into the Leong's collection. You can find fruits, veges, flowers and variegated plants in our tiny sanctuary. And these verdant piece of art was adorned with the multicoloured lanterns. It has been a long time and I yearned for it a lot.

One funny anecdote for you: My aunt was taking her beloved SLR to shoot the pristine, white full moon. When she set her precious cam on the tripod, suddenly the moon was hidden away behind the thicket of clouds. We joked that the moon was either furious or shy to face the lens. But when my aunt kept her cam, the moon revealed itself. At first, we thought it was mere coincidence. But when my aunt set the cam again, yeah, you guessed it, the moon was again hidden. What a cheeky fella...

We had mooncakes - durian, tiramisu, chocolate+cheese, and the normal flavours - and peanuts with jasmine tea. A nice night... until the heaven open the water tap. It drizzled, then it poured like a salivating dog that hasn't eaten for days.

All these memorable scenes but no photos. What a regret. Never mind, just picture it yourself.

Now, about the life in Kampar. It is okay and much peaceful. Perhaps it is because the new semester has not commenced. It might be a whole new sight, as warned by my brother. They said Kampar is more of a never-sleep city (or town?). Well, I will see how true does the rumour hold in 3 weeks time.

The 4 of us had a huge lab and also quite sufficient apparatus. We had ONE MICROPIPETTE SET FOR THE EACH OF US. WOOHOO! In a way, we are lucky to have a lab all to ourselves. The first day was okay. Not too bad. Had a cycling-in-the-rain experience while heading for dinner. Not bad too. Lol.

For Zhi Xian and I, we were taken by Dr Choo and our "co-supervisor" to select a few sites near the Utar campus for a suitable sample collecting sites. We need soil samples, you see. Don't ask why, you wouldn't understand anyway. Haha. During this little field trip, we got to witness a HUGE Mimosa species. Usually, what we see is the tiny Mimosa pudica. But the ones we witnessed, it a TREE, actually, more like a shrub. But who cares? It is BIG. And yes, the leaves closed up upon touch but at a much slower speed. I think its name is Mimosa pigra. The thorns are much sharper and harder.

Anyway, let's pray our FYP goes on well. Wish my friends the same. All the best.

Sigh. Now, every night before I sleep, I always have this thought: Our 3-year course is going to end soon. Real soon. I am going to miss my friends soooooo much. What to do? It is going to be a sad, sad parting again. David Archuleta's "Touch My Hand" is ringing in my head along with Linkin Park's "Leave Out All the Rest".

People, I MISS YOU GUYS...

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